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Harrisburg Beginnings and Odd Facts From A Century Past
A collage of historical notes covers Harrisburg’s origins from John Haris 1719 grants to its 1785 layout and 1786 renaming, plus a ferry founder, and distant oddities about Nebraska’s admission, Montana’s first paper, and ancient instruments. It also includes gorilla weight guesses, early U.S. state borders, and colonial era shifts in Europe and Native American lands.
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John Haris
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Harris’ Ferry
Louisburg
Louis XVI